Has anything been done in this direction yet? Is the plan still to nominate Sage? The deadline is May 1. We need 3-5 letters. Maybe this should be discussed more? One one hand, Sage does not have many technical journal citations. On the other hand, it included GAP, Pari and Singular, which do. I wonder if the fact that Singular has already won helps or hurts Sage's case. I also wonder, as probably the judges will, if Sage did win, how would that affect (say) GAP's chances for winning in the future?
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2008 9:06 AM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (This was posted to the SIGSAM list. Posted here FYI.) > > > > 2008 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS > > > > ACM/SIGSAM Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize > > for Excellence in Computer Algebra Software Engineering > > > > The third Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for excellence in software > > engineering for computer algebra will be awarded at International > > Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC 2008) at RISC > > Linz, Austria, in July, 2008. The prize will consist of a plaque and a > > cash award of $1,000. > > > > Nominations, including self nominations, for this prize are hereby > > solicited. Each nomination should be accompanied by a carefully > > We should nominate Sage, just in case the committee thinks Sage fits > their criterion, which are "The canonical nomination will normally be > software > that has a large user base, is well-documented, practices innovative and > good software engineering, and is cited by many publications. ... > Important attributes in determining rankings of the nominations include the > scientific impact of the software; correctness and ingenuity of the > implementations; quality of the documentation; its ease of use; > and the scope of its availability." > > It's unclear if Sage fits very well with their criterion, since it does not > yet have a "large user base", and it is too new to have been "cited by > many publications". What do people think? > > > Nomination requires 3-5 letters of recommendation along with > a nomination form: > * Name of Nominator: > > * Nominator's Institution: > > > * Nominator's E-mail Address: > * Full Name of Nominee(as it should appear on the award plaque): > > * Nominee's Affiliation: > > > * Nominee's Postal Address: > > > > > > * Nominee's E-mail Address: > * DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: A bibliography of three to five > papers that describe the work for which this person is nominated. If > there are no formal publications, please list any other work that is > available or can be made available to help the prize committee > evaluate the software. > > > > > > > > > > * DOCUMENTATION: A list of documentation sources for users of the > software. > > > > > > > > > > * APPLICATIONS AND IMPACT: A list of publications that cite the > use of the software and will help the committee judge its > scientific/technical impact. Refeered publications are most helpful, > but all will be considered. Other evidence of the impact of the > software should be listed and described as well. > > > > > * A 1-3 page description of the nominee's accomplishments in > software engineering applied to computer algebra and an assessment of > the importance and impact of the work for which this person or team is > nominated. > > > > > > > > * A list of three-five persons who are being asked to write > letters in support of this nomination. It is the nominator's > responsibility to contact these persons and see to it that the letters > are received by the committee by the nomination deadline of May 1, > 2008. > > > > > > > > > > > > completed nomination form. Candidates (or their nominators) should > > arrange to have two to five confidential letters of recommendation > > submitted by persons who are familiar with the nominee's software > > engineering achievements in computer algebra. The letters are an > > especially important part of the nomination packet. We welcome > > re-nominations of previously nominated candidates into the current > > competition. > > > > Please see http://www.sigsam.org/awards/Jenks for more details. > > > > Previous winners have been the SINGULAR team at the University of > > Kaiserslautern (2004) and Prof. John J. Cannon of The University of > > Sydney (2006). > > > > Software engineering will be interpreted broadly, but it should be an > > important component in the work of any nominee. The nominee can be an > > individual or a team, when the latter is appropriate. Any questions > > about the suitability of a given body of work for the prize should be > > directed to a member of the prize committee as listed below. > > > > All nominations must be received by May 1, 2008. > > > > The prize winner will be selected by a committee consisting of the > > following individuals: > > > > - Barry Trager (co-chair), IBM Research ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - Tony Hearn (co-chair), Rand Corporation ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - Mark Giesbrecht, ACM SIGSAM Chair, University of Waterloo > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - David Musser, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - Mike Dewar, Numerical Algorithms Group ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > All nominations and supporting papers should be sent by email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] by May 1, 2008. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washington > http://wstein.org > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
